During the heat wave, here in Nice. (illustration) - VALERY HACHE / AFP

We were waiting for her and that's it, she arrived. Météo-France placed this Thursday in orange heat wave vigilance 45 departments, located on a wide band going from the South-West to the Hauts-de-France, while intense heat will hit a large part of France for several days.

A "very intense heat peak" will first affect the regions of the South-West of Pays-de-la-Loire on Friday, "extending into a lasting heat wave over a large part of France, marked in particular by nights hot or even scorching, ”Météo-France said.

🔶 45 deposits in #vigilanceOrange

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- VigiMeteoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) August 6, 2020

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